We are over half-way through the school year and I have many good things going at LMCS.
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Explorer Travels Deep Into the Brazilian Jungle
“An eerie feeling came over me. Suddenly a piercing scream of a dying animal was heard. What it was we did not learn,” Elizabeth Steen, a Knoxville native, told a Des Moines Register Magazine writer in September 1927.
Steen was recounting her...
Mama Said Her Bread Was Good
“Lois is such a little girl that she had to get on her knees on the stool in the cooking laboratory in order to knead her bread,” an official from the college in Ames said. The spokesperson was describing how Lois Edmonds, an 11-year-old girl from Page County, became...
The Lake Mills Fire Dept. recently received a $1,000 donation from Albert Lea Public Warehouse. Pictured above: Retired firefighter, Bob Storby, accepts the funds from Al Larson.
Friends in High Places Free Iowa Doctor From Austrian Prison
To people in Muscatine, Iowa, in 1916 Dr. D. Powell Johnson was a hometown boy they were proud to claim. He had grown up there, and his mom still lived in Muscatine. A graduate of the University of Iowa in the class of 1888, Johnson had...
Lake Mills High School held prom Saturday, April 21, in the gymnasium. Pictured above are prom king and queen, Alex Martinson and Kylee McGurk.
“The west certainly surpassed all my expectations, and Iowa is great,” Cy Woodman claimed after traveling from New York to Iowa on a Flanders 4 motorcycle in October 1912.
Ethel “Cy” Woodman had ridden cross country to follow through on a dare. The freelance journalist had been at the New York...
Lake Mills High School Chorus and Band students participated in the Iowa High School Music Association’s Solo/Ensemble Festival in Garner, Saturday, April 7. The following students earned a Division 1 (Superior) Rating for their performance: Libby Heagel—Baritone Saxophone; Rebecca Evans—Trombone...
This year’s LMHS prom theme is, “Red Carpet Gala.” Prom royalty candidates are pictured above (L-R): Brady Heagel, Dana Baumann, Cole Bergo, Morgan Fritz, Trevor Hanna, Mallory Wilhelm and Alex Martinson. Kylee McGurk was unable to be present for the photo.
Prom will be held Saturday, April 21....
April 2018 has gotten off to a rough start, as colder than normal temperatures have people seeing white, rather than green, yellow, or pink.
After getting blasted by a parting shot from winter last weekend, when 10 inches of snow and blustery winds made for a treacherous weekend, the area is under...
The five Pederson brothers recently gathered with their little sister for a “Good Friday” fish fry at the Pederson home. Other guests were Ray Harang, Bert Pederson, Dave and Mary Hopper and son, Holtan, and spouses, Carol, Yvette, Jean, Carolyn, Cyndi, and Brett. Fishing was good in Minnesota....
